Republican Senators who hold up a troubling nominee might attract President Trump’s short-term anger, but they’re doing him a long-term favor. So it is with Sen. Thom Tillis’s opposition to Ed Martin, nominated for U.S.…
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing whatever he can to undermine public health. Last week, he ordered his department to undertake a search for alternative measles treatments as the disease…
President Trump last week conceded that his border taxes are economically damaging by softening the blow for auto makers. Or as he put it in a Michigan speech, believe it or not: “We gave them…
After a month of tumult, investors in American stocks are making peace with the trade war. The S&P 500 index is down by just 2.4% since Donald Trump issued his “Liberation Day” proclamation. Stocks are…
President Trump seems to be moving toward a new realism about Ukraine and Russia, and the mineral deal he signed Wednesday with Kyiv is a welcome step. The deal appears to serve the national interests…
No doubt the Beltway press would love to knock Pete Hegseth out as Defense secretary, but that doesn’t come close to explaining the mess at the Pentagon. The staff infighting, dismissals, and leaks over Signal…
The hyperactive first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term have been the most consequential of any president this century, and perhaps since the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Before the inauguration Americans wondered what…
President Trump on Wednesday unleashed another broadside against Ukraine, and his dislike for President Volodymyr Zelensky isn’t news. But what matters to U.S. interests — and Mr. Trump’s Presidency — are the terms of a…
Last week, Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, visited the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador on a Congressional junket. On the government’s dime, Estes and six other Republican members of Congress participated in the trip. Despite…
Those wondering how to get smartphones out of schools now have an example in Virginia. This month the state’s Democratic-led General Assembly passed legislation mandating cellphone-free education in K-12 public schools. Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin…